I did spot what you meant by the rodent interior (grin) I was thinking of
finessing that.
The book is called Modern Mysteries of Britain - One Hundred Years Of
Strange Events and was being sold for 50p in support of the hospital.
2009/7/1 Judy Prince <[log in to unmask]>
> Too nosy to ask what book?
> You already worked the rodent interior into the poem with "And 5000 tins of
> baked beans manifested in the ruins . . ."
>
> hee hee jbp
>
> 2009/7/1 David Bircumshaw <[log in to unmask]>
>
> > Judy
> >
> > the piece was inspired by a book I purchased at a psychiatric unit
> > yesterday
> > (no kidding)
> >
> > I'm sure a rodent interior could be worked into the poems.
> >
> > 2009/7/1 Judy Prince <[log in to unmask]>
> >
> > > OMG, you've seen a rodent's home at Valle Crucis!
> > > Best,
> > >
> > > Judy
> > >
> > > 2009/7/1 David Bircumshaw <[log in to unmask]>
> > >
> > > > And in this year there was a fall of dried peas from the sky
> > > >
> > > > And a dog found her way home off Dartmoor
> > > >
> > > > And a porcupine was captured in Carshalton
> > > >
> > > > While in Wincanton there was the apparition of a policeman’s trousers
> > > >
> > > > And unidentified liquid and a white substance that vanished in the
> > > morning
> > > > and
> > > > coins and ice and a timeslip experienced in Croydon all
> > > fell
> > > > upon us
> > > > While on March 27th the Revd P.R.M.Smith of St Helens, Merseyside,
> dis-
> > > >
> > > > appeared prior to the discovery of locusts at
> > Hurstpierpoint
> > > > and Ken Edwards saw a tall silver entity and the
> > > > food-throwing began at the bungalows
> > > >
> > > > And 5000 empty tins of baked beans manifested in the ruins at Valle
> > > Crucis
> > > >
> > > > And more than one ghost was seen in more than one pub
> > > >
> > > > In this year.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > --
> > > > David Bircumshaw
> > > > "Nothing can be done in the face
> > > > of ordinary unhappiness" - PP
> > > > Website and A Chide's Alphabet
> > > > http://www.staplednapkin.org.uk
> > > > The Animal Subsides
> http://www.arrowheadpress.co.uk/books/animal.html
> > > > Leicester Poetry Society: http://www.poetryleicester.co.uk
> > > >
> > >
> >
> >
> >
> > --
> > David Bircumshaw
> > "Nothing can be done in the face
> > of ordinary unhappiness" - PP
> > Website and A Chide's Alphabet
> > http://www.staplednapkin.org.uk
> > The Animal Subsides http://www.arrowheadpress.co.uk/books/animal.html
> > Leicester Poetry Society: http://www.poetryleicester.co.uk
> >
>
--
David Bircumshaw
"Nothing can be done in the face
of ordinary unhappiness" - PP
Website and A Chide's Alphabet
http://www.staplednapkin.org.uk
The Animal Subsides http://www.arrowheadpress.co.uk/books/animal.html
Leicester Poetry Society: http://www.poetryleicester.co.uk
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